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Eliciting Evidence

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Taking Stock Slide 1

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel What Are Students Thinking? Slide 2

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel “…good formative assessment requires radical changes in the way students are encouraged to express their ideas.” (NRC, 2001, p.227) Ideas Need to be Expressed Slide 3

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel “More effort has to be spent in framing questions that are worth asking: that is, questions which explore issues that are critical to the development of students’ understanding.” (Black et al., 2003, p.42) Questions Worth Asking Slide 4

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Turn & Talk Give an example of a question worth asking, one that asks students to think critically instead of simply recalling a fact or by answering “yes” or “no.” For example, instead of asking: Where is the capital of your state on this map? Ask: Why do you think the capital of your state is located where it is? What factors influenced its location? Slide 5 Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel

Evidence-gathering strategy must be aligned with: Learning Goals Success Criteria Or run the risk of Slide 6 Eliciting Evidence: No Single Way

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Slide 7 Planning Ahead

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Slide 8 On the Fly/Spontaneous

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel I need an explanation task. I want to know if students can reason from evidence. I need tasks that involve reasoning from evidence. Slide 9 Eliciting Evidence: Matching the Strategy

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Slide 10 Interpreting Evidence

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Formative assessment leads to making a decision Teacher must DO something with the information elicited Using evidence to move learning forward through instructional adjustments and feedback Slide 11 Using Evidence

Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel Your Turn Generate a list of possible strategies for eliciting evidence in your class. Here are a few strategies to start your thinking: Partner discussions Concept map Quick write Role-play Slide 12 Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel

Look at Handout to see some common strategies that teachers can use to elicit evidence about student learning. Read through these examples, paying attention to the what, why and when of using a strategy. You will complete the missing what, why and when columns for strategies, and add additional strategies in the rows below. You can also record your experiences with using different strategies. Continue to meet with your TLC to share strategy ideas and how teachers can use the evidence in ways to move student learning forward. Consolidate Your Learning Slide 13 Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel

Try It Out Select one of the strategies from Handout Plan what, why and when you will use the strategy, then try it out with your class. Share your experience with your TLC before you start Lesson 2. Slide 14 Copyright © 2012 Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center & North Central Comprehensive Center at McRel